The rand advanced to its strongest in almost six weeks, leading global gains against the dollar.
<b>Margie Orford</b> looks back at the Quais du Polar Festival and discovers a unique bond between Russian and South African crime writers.
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/ 23 October 2009
South African crime fiction is developing a unique sense of place, but this alone will not generate a selling spree,
writes Margie Orford.
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/ 6 November 2007
"Crime writing sells all over the world," says Jill van Zyl, a director of Exclusive Books, South Africa’s largest book retailer. "International crime writers sell very well in South Africa. From a bookseller’s point of view, you can compare crime writing with cookery books. People buy cookbooks in great numbers and yet everybody goes out for dinner!
Like Clockwork, Margie Orford’s debut crime novel, marks a new direction for this award-winning journalist, Fulbright Scholar and writer, she speaks to ZA@Play about the book.